Police urge vigilance after brazen burglars break into homes

String of daytime burglaries has community on edge

Police said brazen burglars are breaking into homes across the city in broad daylight.

Action 7 News was the only station there when police arrested an accused burglar last week in the South Valley.

Authorities said two men broke into a South Valley home in the middle of the day. A neighbor saw the men walking out of the home with the television and called 911.

"Oh yeah the 911 dispatcher said there's been a lot of break-ins where they knock to see if you're home and she suggested that anytime somebody knocks that you don't know who they are, you want to open your door and send them away kindly instead of not opening the door and then they kick it in," the witness told Action 7 News.

Police said it's a good idea to leave a spare car in your driveway when you're not at home. Officers also said you should question people, without opening your door, when people knock at your door in the middle of the day.

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